Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 9/30/07: Atlanta Strut - Blind Willie McTell & The Atlanta Blues
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Blind Willie McTell
Ticket Agent Blues
The Classic Years 1927-1940
Blind Willie McTell
Statesboro Blues
The Classic Years 1927-1940
Blind Willie McTell
Mama, ‘Taint Long Fo’ Day
The Classic Years 1927-1940
Curley Weaver
No No Blues
Atlanta Blues
Curley Weaver
You Was Born To Die
Atlanta Blues
Curley Weaver
Wild Cat Kitten
Atlanta Blues
Curley Weaver
Some Rainey Day
Atlanta Blues
Blind Willie McTell
Love Changing Blues
The Classic Years 1927-1940
Blind Willie McTell
Scarey Day Blues
The Classic Years 1927-1940
Blind […]
2 Comments » - Posted in East Coast Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Roy Hawkins: Blues All Around Me Part 2
Hawkins’ 1950 and 1951 find the excellent guitarist Chuck Norris in the band and on the latter session pianist Willard McDainiel (Hawkins lost the use of an arm in a car wreck). Among the highlights from this period was the shuffling “Wine Drinkin’ Woman” with it’s lengthy rollicking piano intro, the rocking “Mean […]
No Comments » - Posted in West Coast Blues by Jeff
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Roy Hawkins: Blues All Around Me Part 1
West Coast blues doesn’t have the same cachet as say Delta Blues or Chicago Blues but during the 1940’s the blues scene was really heating up on the West Coast (there was no pre-war blues activity in California). With the shipyards and aircraft factories desperate for labor during the war years, blacks flocked to […]
No Comments » - Posted in West Coast Blues by Jeff
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 9/23/07: Mix Show
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
J.D. Short
It’s Hard Time
St Louis Country Blues 1929 - 1937
Roosevelt Charles
Bye Bye Baby Blues
Blues Roots - Mississippi Blues Vol. 1
Bill Williams
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
The Late Bill Williams
Little Esther Phillips
I’m A Bad, Bad Girl
Midnight at the Barrelhouse
Mickey Champion
I’m A Woman
Dootone Rock N’ Rhythm & Blues
Titus Turner
Livin’ In Misery
OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story
Connie Mack […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Playlists by Jeff
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
American Folk-Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966
The American Folk Blues Festival (AFBF) was an annual event, beginning in 1962, that featured the cream of American blues musicians barnstorming their way across Europe. Audio recordings of these performances have long been available. Video footage, on the other hand, has been kicking around for years as poor grade bootlegs and occasionally shown […]
1 Comment » - Posted in 1960's Blues by Jeff
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Blues Southside Chicago
This review kicks off an ongoing spotlight we’ll be doing sporadically on out of print records. With the glut of blues reissues one would think just about everything worthwhile has been reissued but that’s far from the case. There’s many vinyl only treasures to be discovered for those collectors willing to do a little […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Chicago Blues by Jeff
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 9/16/07: Muddy Waters - Session Man & Star
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
James Clark
You Can’t Make The Grade
Muddy Waters (1941-1948)
James Clark
Come To Me Baby
Muddy Waters (1941-1948)
Homer Harris
Tomorrow Will Be Too Late
Muddy Waters (1941-1948)
Muddy Waters
Hard Day Blues
Muddy Waters (1941-1948)
Muddy Waters
Burying Ground Blues
Muddy Waters (1941-1948)
Sunnyland Slim
My Baby, My Baby
Aristocrat of the Blues
Sunnyland Slim
She Ain’t Nowhere
Aristocrat of the Blues
Muddy Waters
I Feel Like Going Home
Muddy Waters (1941-1948)
Muddy Waters
I Can’t Be Satisfied
Muddy […]
No Comments » - Posted in Chicago Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Mary Johnson: An Appreciation
It was Mamie Smith’s recording of “Crazy Blues” in 1920 that set off the blues craze, proving there was indeed a substantial market for blues records. Record companies sought to repeat the success by signing numerous blues ladies including some of the era’s most celebrated singers like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Victoria Spivey and Ida […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Female Singers, St. Louis by Jeff
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 9/9/07: West Coast Piano - Mello Cats
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Charles Brown
Change Your Way Of Lovin’
The Classic Earliest Recordings
Charles Brown
All Is Forgiven
The Classic Earliest Recordings
Charles Brown
Blazer’s Boogie
The Classic Earliest Recordings
Amos Milburn
I’ve Been Hurt So Many Times
Complete Aladdin Recordings
Amos Milburn
Blues Without A Dime
Complete Aladdin Recordings
Amos Milburn
Fence Breakin’ Blues
Complete Aladdin Recordings
Floyd Dixon
Sad Journey
Aladdin Recordings
Floyd Dixon
Houston Jump
Cow Town Blues
Floyd Dixon
Rockin’ At Home
Cow Town Blues
Roy Hawkins
Why Do Everything Happen […]
No Comments » - Posted in Piano Blues, Playlists, West Coast Blues by Jeff
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Down Home Blues Classics
It’s hard to keep up with glut of blues reissues mostly pumped out by European labels taking full advantage of the fifty year copyright law. One label that deserves attention is Boulevard Vintage who for the past few years have been putting out intelligent, well conceived multi CD sets of post-war down home blues. The […]
